The new restaurant in Nottingham that is causing a lot of excitement has just announced its opening date

The opening of Kushi-ya’s highly anticipated new Nottingham restaurant is just weeks away – and excitement is building. The award-winning Japanese skewer restaurant is moving across town to larger premises in Enfield Chambers.

Renovations are well underway on the building, which has been vacant since Thea Caffea’s sudden closure in early 2022. Tucked away in an alley off Low Pavement, it was formerly a tea salon with black and white checkered floors, purple and yellow walls, and chandeliers. Guests can expect a big change once the new look is unveiled.

The 33-seat restaurant, currently located in Cannon Court, near Long Row, will close on August 24. The new premises will open on September 5. The separate Yokocho bar in Hurts Yard will also relocate there.

Loyal fans can’t wait. Pete Brooksbank said: “Good luck with the move, I can’t wait to visit you in your new home,” and Phil Tomlinson commented: “I’m so looking forward to it.”

One of the restaurant’s best-selling dishes is the furikake shrimp toast. Shrimp katsu sandos in thick white bread come out of the kitchen, as do skewers of beef, black garlic and mustard cooked over the flames of an open grill.

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and his family dined there in May and said it was “delicious.” The Michelin-recommended restaurant has a Bib Gourmand, which recognizes high-quality food at a reasonable price.

Low Pavement has seen a number of closures in recent years, with Tomahawk steakhouse, Paperchase card shop, TSB, Cartwheel cafe, Peter’s Shoemakers, Juni gin bar and corner shoe shop Hotter all gone since the pandemic.

But with the upcoming opening of Kushi-ya, the recent arrival of Café Public, and new yet-to-be-announced owners at Cartwheel, it seems the spot is getting a new lease of life.